[CQ-Contest] Its not the Sunspots folks

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

I agree that its a DX contest.   But what does DX stand for?  My 
recollection is that DX is a ham's abbreviation for "distance".

So by that measure, where is the rationale in rewarding a QSO between 
Toronto and Buffalo (68 miles) two points, or a QSO between Munich and 
Venice  (199 miles) one point, but a QSO between Boston and (2300 miles) 
gets none?

73 Rich NN3W


On 11/1/2016 9:05 PM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> W0MU asked:  "Why does the USA always get "punished"?" in the CQ WW Contest.
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> Answer: Because it's a DX contest!  A better question is, why are we all
> forced to work a station in our country just to get country credit for our
> own country?  Wouldn't it be way more efficient to just get automatic credit
> for our country and zone?
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> The point of CQ WW DX - That's "World Wide DX"-  is to seek out and work DX.
> Its not to fill up the log with domestic Qs.  There are plenty of contests
> all year long to do that.
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> 73
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> Ed  N1UR
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